The Middle East in the post-gulf war period

Presents a statement by Edward P. Djerejian, assistant secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Washington, D.C., November 1991, concerning the Madrid peace conference and the current situation in Iraq. Direct bilateral negotiations between Israel and each of its Arab and Palestinian neighbors for the first time in history; Important and far-reaching agreements; Three critical issues; Saddam Hussein's actions regarding food and medicine.

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